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1 Gitay, H.; Chambers, W. B.; Baste, I.; Carr, E. R.; ten Have, C.; Stabrawa, A.; Sharma, N.; De Oliveira, T.; Wilson, C.; Boyer, B.; Bruch, C.; Finlayson, Max; Fobil, J. N.; Garcia, K.; Galarza, E. P.; Kim, J. A.; Eamer, J.; Watson, R.; Bauer, S.; Gorobets, A.; Chazhong, G.; Perelet, R. A.; Manguiat, M. S. Z.; Moreda, B. I. G.; McCormick, S.; Namutebi, C.; Patel, N.; de Jong, A. 2007. Interlinkages: Governance for sustainability. In UNEP Global Environment Outlook 4: Environment for Development. Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP. pp.361-394.
Environmental effects ; Ecology ; Ecosystems ; Governance ; Globalization ; Population growth ; Climate change ; Biodiversity
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 363.7 G000 GIT Record No: H040573)
http://www.unep.org/geo/geo4/report/GEO-4_Report_Full_en.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H040573.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H040573.pdf
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2 Birner, R.; Gupta, S.; Sharma, N.. 2011. The political economy of agricultural policy reform in India: fertilizers and electricity for irrigation. Washington, DC, USA: IFPRI. 231p.
Political aspects ; Economic aspects ; Agricultural policy ; Fertilizers ; Urea ; Groundwater irrigation ; Food production ; Food security ; Electricity supplies ; Pricing ; Government departments ; Farmers / India / Andhra Pradesh / Panjab
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630 G635 BIR Record No: H044808)
http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/rr174.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044808.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044808.pdf
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3 Rahman, M. A.; Sarker, M. R. A.; Sharma, N.; Mondal, M. K.; Islam, M. R.; Gregorio, G. B.; Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P. 2015. Challenges and opportunities for aman rice cultivation in ghers used for brackish water shrimp production. In Humphreys, E.; Tuong, T. P.; Buisson, Marie-Charlotte; Pukinskis, I.; Phillips, M. (Eds.). Proceedings of the CPWF, GBDC, WLE Conference on Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone: Turning Science into Policy and Practices, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21-23 October 2014. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). pp.333-341.
Rice ; Crop management ; High yielding varieties ; Seedlings ; Transplanting ; Water tolerance ; Crop yield ; Brackish water ; Water management ; Drainage ; Salinity ; Shrimp culture ; Farmers ; Coastal area / Bangladesh / Satkhira / Kaliganj
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047208)
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/66389/Revitalizing%20the%20Ganges%20Coastal%20Zone%20Book_Low%20Version.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047208.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047208.pdf
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4 Rai, S. P.; Young, W.; Sharma, N.. 2017. Risk and opportunity assessment for water cooperation in transboundary river basins in South Asia. Water Resources Management, 31(7):2187-2205. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-017-1637-2]
International waters ; River basins ; International cooperation ; Risk assessment ; Water resources ; Water management ; Economic development ; Political aspects ; Evaluation techniques ; Fuzzy logic ; Riparian zones / South Asia / India / Bangladesh / Bhutan / China / Pakistan / Nepal / Afghanistan / Brahmaputra Basin / Ganges Basin / Indus Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048090)
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Rapid increases in demand for food and energy as a result of population growth and economic development is placing ever increasing demands on limited water resources in South Asia, and climate change is expected further complicate water resource management. In spite of important reductions in poverty levels in recent decades the region is still home to a very large number of poor whose quality of life is directly affected by the availability and quality of water and water services. A significant fraction of the water resources of the region and a significant fraction of the poor are associated with major Himalayan transboundary rivers, and given growing water demand it is likely that the already significant sensitivity around water cooperation amongst co-riparians will increase. Understanding the risks and opportunities for transboundary cooperation in the river systems in South Asia is thus important for guiding sustainable transboundary basin management in the region. This study refines a novel method for a rapid assessment of these cooperation risks and opportunities and applies it to the Brahmaputra, Ganges and Indus river basins to test its utility. The method employs a fuzzy synthetic evaluation technique that combines fuzzy logic and an analytical hierarchy process to assess cooperation risk and opportunity in terms of a Risk-Opportunity Index (ROI). The ROI is a function of four composite development variables and three hegemony variables that indicate the various pressures on the basin water resource and the different control strategies riparians could adopt given existing power asymmetries. In the absence of a clear rationale for differential weighting, equal weights were assigned to all seven variables for this application. A “defuzzification” scoring method is used to define compromising, risk-averse and risk-taking variants of ROI for riparian pairs within each basin. Overall, the results for the compromising ROI suggest that the opportunities for bilateral cooperation are highest (and risks the lowest) in the Brahmaputra Basin and the opportunities are lowest (and the risks highest) in the Indus Basin. This overall assessment is consistent with current common perception. Within the basins the compromising ROI values suggest a few instances of high risk and/or low opportunity, as well as an approximately equal number of instances of medium risk/opportunity and low risk/high opportunity. The study demonstrates that the fuzzy synthetic evaluation technique has utility for rapidly identifying potential opportunities for riparian cooperation in transboundary basins, in order to guide dialogue processes and more detailed analyzes. The study also however, reveals some aspects of the method where further refinement would likely yield more reliable assessments of cooperation risks and opportunities. Specifically, further refinements could consider the relative geographic position of co-riparians within a basin, and the relative resource access of different riparians. The method only considers bilateral riparian interactions and not more complex multi-lateral interactions. The results of study may contribute to various ongoing regional and basin dialogues on water cooperation in South Asia.
5 Rai, S. P.; Wolf, A. T.; Sharma, N.. 2017. Hydropolitics and hydropolitical dynamics between India and Nepal: an event-based study. Water Policy, 19(5):791-819. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2017.063]
International waters ; Political aspects ; International cooperation ; Conflicts ; River basin management ; Risk assessment ; Databases ; International agreements ; Water quality ; Water power ; Flood control ; Fisheries ; Navigation ; Economic development ; Irrigation programs ; Infrastructure ; Technology ; Statistical methods / India / Nepal / Ganges Basin / Mahakali Basin / Karnali Basin / Gandak Basin / Kosi Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048401)
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India and Nepal not only share common borders and cultures, but also share precious freshwater sources, i.e., rivers. Rivers have been discussed often in the political corridors because they cross international borders, which transform water reserves into a competitive resource and lead to hydropolitical dynamics between riparian countries. Nepal and India are two of the major riparian nations that share the mighty and complex Ganges Basin. The objective here was to study the more-than-a-century-old hydro-diplomacy between India and Nepal, passing through tumultuous political scenarios to understand how water relations have been shaped and reshaped with time. For this, a database of historical individual events/actions of water cooperation and conflict from 1874 to 2014 was compiled. These events/actions were ranked by intensity, using precise definitions of conflict and cooperation as suggested by the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database under the Basins at Risk project formulated at Oregon State University. Statistical analyses indicated cooperative events greatly outnumbered conflictive events. Out of 351 events, only 4% were conflictive, 92% were cooperative, and the remaining 4% were neutral. The study revealed an abundance of cooperative events; however, when seen through the lens of conflict-cooperation levels, the findings indicated a moderately positive cooperation, without much concrete action.
6 Pavelic, Paul; Sikka, Alok; Alam, Mohammad Faiz; Sharma, Bharat R.; Muthuwatta, Lal; Eriyagama, Nishadi; Villholth, Karen G.; Shalsi, S.; Mishra, V. K.; Jha, S. K.; Verma, C. L.; Sharma, N.; Reddy, V. R.; Rout, S. K.; Kant, L.; Govindan, M.; Gangopadhyay, P.; Brindha, K.; Chinnasamy, P.; Smakhtin, V. 2021. Utilizing floodwaters for recharging depleted aquifers and sustaining irrigation: lessons from multi-scale assessments in the Ganges River Basin, India. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 20p. (Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) Case Profile Series 04) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2021.200]
Groundwater management ; Groundwater recharge ; Aquifers ; Floodwater ; Water use ; Groundwater depletion ; Groundwater irrigation ; Sustainable use ; Groundwater flow ; Transfer of waters ; Flood control ; Groundwater table ; Water storage ; Water quality ; Pumping ; Technology ; Pilot projects ; Assessment ; Risk management ; Cost benefit analysis ; Stakeholders ; Community involvement ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Livelihoods ; Food security ; Irrigated farming ; Environmental impact ; River basins ; Ponds ; Wells ; Monsoons ; Rain ; Drought / India / Ganges River Basin / Ramganga Basin / Uttar Pradesh / Rampur / Jiwai Jadid
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H050171)
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Pragmatic, cost-effective, socially inclusive and scalable solutions that reduce risks from recurrent cycles of floods and droughts would greatly benefit emerging economies. One promising approach known as Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI) involves recharging depleted aquifers with seasonal high flows to provide additional groundwater for irrigated agriculture during dry periods, while also mitigating floods. It has been identified that there is potential for implementing the UTFI approach across large parts of South Asia. The first pilot-scale implementation of UTFI was carried out in a rural community of the Indo-Gangetic Plain in India, and performance of the approach was assessed over three years from a technical, environmental, socioeconomic and institutional perspective. The results are promising and show that UTFI has the potential to enhance groundwater storage and control flooding, if replicated across larger scales. The challenges and opportunities for more wide-scale implementation of UTFI are identified and discussed in this report. In areas with high potential for implementation, policy makers should consider UTFI as an option when making decisions associated with relevant water-related development challenges.
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